Media365 editorial team, published on Friday September 27, 2024 at 9:00 a.m.
Auxerre hosts Brest on Friday (7 p.m.) as part of the 6th day of Ligue 1. Here is everything you need to know about this meeting.
Auxerre is having a hard time at the start of the season. The AJA ideally started with a success but has just suffered four consecutive defeats which embarrassed it. Brest, for its part, is learning to juggle the Champions League and won last weekend following its first success in C1. The Breton club will have to do without its coach Eric Roy, suspended for three matches.
The stats you need to know (with Opta)
The 3 promoted from the summer (Auxerre, St Etienne, Angers) occupy the last 3 places as the 6th day of Ligue 1 approaches, a 1st since the start of the 23rd day 2014/15 (Caen, Lens and Metz ). This is also the very first time that this has happened in an 18-team format.
Brest have won 2 of their last 3 Ligue 1 matches (1 defeat), as many successes as in their previous 8 (2 draws, 4 defeats).
Auxerre have won only 6 of their 21 home matches in their last 2 seasons in Ligue 1, in 2022/23 and 2024/25 (7 draws, 8 defeats). Among the teams having played at least 2 of the last 3 seasons, only Angers has won less on home soil (3 times).
Brest have lost their two away games in Ligue 1 this season (0-2 at Lens, 1-3 at Paris SG) but have not had three away defeats in the top flight since February-April 2021 (3) .
Among the current Ligue 1 squads, only the players from Nantes (4.5) have played more seasons on average in the elite than those from Brest (4.4), while those from Auxerre have the lowest average (1.7).
Brest is the team having succeeded in the largest proportion of their crosses in Ligue 1 this season (33% – 29/88) while Auxerre has the lowest success rate (19% – 19/100).
